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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
6
A Detroit Free Press excerpt presents confession by a German deserter detailing motives and experiences during conflict. The account offers perspective on allegiance, wartime choices, and personal consequences within a historical frame.
The article recounts German advancing forces invading Belgium and then France, destroying bridges over the Meuse, burning homes, and fighting French troops at the Marne. Civilians flee, refugees are rebuked by officers, and Paris looms as Marne battles begin with heavy casualties.
The color sergeant loses his career amid self mutilation punishment in a retreat from the Marne. Our unit defends two damaged bridges, a French breakthrough forces a retreat toward Vitry, and a catastrophic bridge explosion kills many on the river. Malcontents, looting, and wounded fill Vitry cathedral sights as soldiers endure hunger and hardship.
German forces unable to hold the French offensive begin a disorderly retreat. The next installment recounts the battle of the Marne ending and Paris being saved from Prussian forces.
A Toledo plant shows an overhead monorail and electric crane operated by one man to move boxed cars from the plant to flat cars. Previously ten workers with trucks and gangways were needed. The task needs little training and even a woman can perform it, illustrating labor shortage driven efficiency.
The piece highlights sport attire becoming permanent, with bold stripes and checks, matching hats and turbans, and versatile pieces like sleeveless jackets in vivid greens. It notes new byways toward the chic informal look, including shawl scarves, heavy silks, and coordinated accessories shaping the sport costume trend.
The piece reviews summer to fall girls frocks highlighting silk taffetas as the best option for economy and patriotism. It notes five box-plaited skirts, silk suspender decorations, black silk knots, and substitutes like heavy cotton crepes. Capes in vogue include satin and silk designs with contrasting vests.
An Edmonton to Winnipeg train description highlights returning soldiers and their wives who led farm recovery. Clara and Beatrice Forward in Manitoba and R. M. Hillman in Saskatchewan farm large acreages, raise stock, and invest in improvements. The piece praises skilled, versatile women in prairie farming and household management.
A battalion reporter seeks quotes from an aging veteran nicknamed Peanuts. The major guides him to the stable courtyard where Peanuts, a veteran of Cuba, the Philippines, China, Vera Cruz, the border, and France, offers only a single sound: he-haw.
An advertisement urges rapid treatment for kidney and urinary troubles using Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It warns of Bright's disease and touts immediate relief, claiming 200 years of use and a moneyback guarantee if relief is not felt, urging purchase in drug stores.
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